Cotswold Sculpture Park

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Category: Wood Sculptures

  • Fragile Strength by Glen Ferrelly – £1,995

    Fragile Strength by Glen Ferrelly – £1,995

    Fragile Strength, 2024, Storm Fallen Alder, Yakisugi Technique, Cold pressed Linseed Oil, 155cm high

    This wonderful wood has been traditionally used to make boats as it has an amazing ability to withstand water. As with many trees in Britain, it is at risk from our human activity, encroaching on greenbelts, tree clearing for building, our impact on the enviroment gives these incredible trees a fragile strength.

    I work with reclaimed and storm fallen timber using an ancient Japanese technique called ‘Yakisugi’. This method preserves the wood – Yaki means to heat with fire, and sugi is cypress. By slightly charring the surface of the wood without combusting the whole piece, the wood becomes waterproof through the carbonisation and is thus more durable. It also protects against insects, as well as making the wood fire retardant. All my work aims to be as sustainable as possible and I will only use natural materials.

    If you are interested in purchasing this piece, or have questions about this sculpture or any others then please email our sales consultant: tadd@cotswoldsculpturepark.co.uk
    or call Tadd Hartland on 07545 648918

    *We are a wholly independent family run business and work closely alongside our artists during the sales process and our buyer introductions. Our ethos is built on a mutual trust working together.

  • Sacred by Glen Farrelly – £2,295

    Sacred by Glen Farrelly – £2,295

    Sacred, 2024, Oak, Yakisugi Technique, Linseed Oil, 215cm high.

    Druids believed that oak trees were sacred and directly from heaven. They performed religious rituals under them, climbed them to collect their leaves and fruits to use in medicines, and believed these trees harbored significant healing powers.

    I work with reclaimed and storm fallen timber using an ancient Japanese technique called ‘Yakisugi’. This method preserves the wood – Yaki means to heat with fire, and sugi is cypress. By slightly charring the surface of the wood without combusting the whole piece, the wood becomes waterproof through the carbonisation and is thus more durable. It also protects against insects, as well as making the wood fire retardant. All my work aims to be as sustainable as possible and I will only use natural materials.

    If you are interested in purchasing this piece, or have questions about this sculpture or any others then please email our sales consultant: tadd@cotswoldsculpturepark.co.uk
    or call Tadd Hartland on 07545 648918

    *We are a wholly independent family run business and work closely alongside our artists during the sales process and our buyer introductions. Our ethos is built on a mutual trust working together.

  • The Mere by Glen Farrelly – £1,995

    The Mere by Glen Farrelly – £1,995

    The Mere, 2023, 200cm high, storm fallen Chestnut, fire and cold pressed linseed oil. I collected this part of a beautiful tree from The Mere, in Ellesmere that is about a mile from my house. The Mere has many myths and Legends attached to it but I quite like this one: According to Charlotte Burn who recorded many folklore stories throughout Shropshire in the nineteenth century, an old woman named Mrs Ellis had a water pump on her property, she refused to sell or allow any of her neighbours the use of the pump to gather water, thus creating great hardship. One night it is said that the well overflowed and the following morning no sign of the pump or the old woman could be found, all that could be seen was the huge lake named after her Elles-mere.

    I work with reclaimed and storm fallen timber using an ancient Japanese technique called ‘Yakisugi’. This method preserves the wood – Yaki means to heat with fire, and sugi is cypress. By slightly charring the surface of the wood without combusting the whole piece, the wood becomes waterproof through the carbonisation and is thus more durable. It also protects against insects, as well as making the wood fire retardant. All my work aims to be as sustainable as possible and I will only use natural materials.

    If you are interested in purchasing this piece, or have questions about this sculpture or any others then please email our sales consultant: tadd@cotswoldsculpturepark.co.uk
    or call Tadd Hartland on 07545 648918

    *We are a wholly independent family run business and work closely alongside our artists during the sales process and our buyer introductions. Our ethos is built on a mutual trust working together.

  • Bound by Ed Elliott – £1,850

    Bound by Ed Elliott – £1,850

    Bound, Cypress Wood Original, Rope – £3,750

    ‘Bound’ is part of an ongoing series of work by Ed Elliott, exploring the importance of what it is to be restricted, to realise what it feels like to be free. The figurative form, often carved in a natural material like wood, which has innate movement, meaning it will crack and warp slightly over time, it tightly wrapped or ‘bound’ with a flexible strength. The firm yet subtle bind of the rope, constricting the splitting figure in wood creates an interesting material conversation.
    The work has been described as a representation for the plight of Man, from natural beginnings, forced into unnatural habitats and restricted freedom through societal pressures. The symbolic nature of this work can of course inspire many interpretations.
     
    – The wooden original is now SOLD OUT. Similar works are available to order –
     

    If you are interested in purchasing this piece, or have questions about this sculpture or any others then please email our sales consultant: tadd@cotswoldsculpturepark.co.uk
    or call Tadd Hartland on 07545 648918

    *We are a wholly independent family run business and work closely alongside our artists during the sales process and our buyer introductions. Our ethos is built on a mutual trust working together.

  • Positive Division by Glen Farrelly – £995

    Positive Division by Glen Farrelly – £995

    ‘Positive Division‘, 2023, storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi technique, linseed oil.  85cm high. £995 plinth £55

    For plant cells to divide, a new cell wall must be built to create two cells from one. The process of building a new cell wall to separate the dividing plant cell is called plant cytokinesis.
    We need division to grow, with growth there is hope. Let’s protect our ecosystem and welcome those healthy divisions of life.
     
    I work with reclaimed and storm fallen timber using an ancient Japanese technique called ‘Yakisugi’. This method preserves the wood – Yaki means to heat with fire, and sugi is cypress. By slightly charring the surface of the wood without combusting the whole piece, the wood becomes waterproof through the carbonisation and is thus more durable. It also protects against insects, as well as making the wood fire retardant. All my work aims to be as sustainable as possible and I will only use natural materials.

    If you are interested in purchasing this piece, or have questions about this sculpture or any others then please email our sales consultant: tadd@cotswoldsculpturepark.co.uk
    or call Tadd Hartland on 07545 648918

    *We are a wholly independent family run business and work closely alongside our artists during the sales process and our buyer introductions. Our ethos is built on a mutual trust working together.

  • Nautilus by Nik Burns – £750

    Nautilus by Nik Burns – £750

    Nautilus
    £750

    Made from burr oak, brass, hammered copper. Base is bog oak and steel.

    Nik Burns:
    Ever since I was a child I have had a fascination with ocean dwelling creatures. The Nautilus is an ancient creature and its alien-like appearance really appeals to me. I love using combinations of different materials, the softness of the timber sits perfectly with the structural qualities of the metal.

    If you are interested in purchasing this piece, or have questions about this sculpture or any others then please email our sales consultant: tadd@cotswoldsculpturepark.co.uk
    or call Tadd Hartland on 07545 648918

    *We are a wholly independent family run business and work closely alongside our artists during the sales process and our buyer introductions. Our ethos is built on a mutual trust working together.

  • Three Figures Dancing by Michael Lawrence – £4,995

    Three Figures Dancing by Michael Lawrence – £4,995

    ‘Three figures dancing’
    Height – 2m
    Footprint – 3.6m x 2m
    Forest of Dean Oak and steel 

    Three figures dancing.
    As within a drawing, this work explores the use of minimal line and detail. A process of hand hewing the timber accentuates the natural form of the oak, then constructed to create figurative character and movement.

    If you are interested in purchasing this piece, or have questions about this sculpture or any others then please email our sales consultant: tadd@cotswoldsculpturepark.co.uk
    or call Tadd Hartland on 07545 648918

    *We are a wholly independent family run business and work closely alongside our artists during the sales process and our buyer introductions. Our ethos is built on a mutual trust working together.

  • Fawn by Sue Darlison – £4,000

    Fawn by Sue Darlison – £4,000

    Fawn – (bench)

    Material – English Oak and galvanised steel
    Size – L 170cm x W 60cm x H 46cm

    Often seen while I’m out walking the beautiful shapes and delicate lines of Deer
    outstretched as they run served as inspiration for ‘Fawn’. The galvanised legs have a
    lightness of line whilst being strong and supporting.
    Equally suitable to be placed outside ‘Fawn would also sit well in an interior setting.

    If you are interested in purchasing this piece, or have questions about this sculpture or any others then please email our sales consultant: tadd@cotswoldsculpturepark.co.uk
    or call Tadd Hartland on 07545 648918

     

    *We are a wholly independent family run business and work closely alongside our artists during the sales process and our buyer introductions. Our ethos is built on a mutual trust working together.

  • Slow Wave by Sue Darlison – £9,800

    Slow Wave by Sue Darlison – £9,800

    Slow Wave – (bench)

    Material – Red Cedar, English Oak and stainless
    Size – L 320cm x W 63cm x H 80cm

    ‘Slow wave’ began with the simplest of lines drawn in the sand on a beach walk many
    years ago. The textures left by the sea as it reaches the shoreline create beautiful
    undulations of peak and troughs, highlights and shadows. The lines of my bench travel
    from concave to convex over the length offering comfort to the sitters or viewer whilst
    the Oak legs ‘anchor’ the piece to the ground giving the bench an animal like quality.

    If you are interested in purchasing this piece, or have questions about this sculpture or any others then please email our sales consultant: tadd@cotswoldsculpturepark.co.uk
    or call Tadd Hartland on 07545 648918

    *We are a wholly independent family run business and work closely alongside our artists during the sales process and our buyer introductions. Our ethos is built on a mutual trust working together.

  • Rise Up by Glen Farrelly – £495

    Rise Up by Glen Farrelly – £495

    RISE UP, 9/11

    2019,
    30” high,

    Salvaged Californian wildfire wood – scorched oak. I made this piece from some discarded oak that was part of the worst wildfires seen in California. Made on the anniversary of one of the worst atrocities to hit our fragile world. Find hope and Rise Up.

     

    If you are interested in purchasing this piece, or have questions about this sculpture or any others then please email our sales consultant: tadd@cotswoldsculpturepark.co.uk
    or call Tadd Hartland on 07545 648918

    *We are a wholly independent family run business and work closely alongside our artists during the sales process and our buyer introductions. Our ethos is built on a mutual trust working together.